The Shade Room is one of Instagram’s most toxic pages that feed off of celebrity culture. If you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know about it, then stay there. The page highlights black positivity, yet the comment section, usually filled with black people themselves, can be filled with so much hatred. It doesn’t […]
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Let’s face it, not everyone likes natural hair. I know what you’re thinking, who would hate luscious naturally curly hair. Well, growing up in a Hispanic household, I would hear a lot of misconceptions about naturally curly hair. It sincerely delayed my natural hair journey because for a long time I thought it was ugly.
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You always hear how addicting social media is. I even have a whole professor who swears by it. I also agreed, yet like many others, I still had Instagram, Twitter, Facebook installed on my phone. I have FOMO (fear of missing out) and these apps update me on the latest news. However, these apps also
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I and Tinder were never best friends. I always hated how this app took all the butterflies out of dating. You’re solely judging people based off of looks, their corny one-liners, and let’s face it the app is prominent for hook-ups. I’m a personality girl and I always thought that using the app would make
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Going natural is literally a blessing. Literally a year ago, I big chopped my hair. I couldn’t deal with the straight damaged ends plus I loved the volume of my puffy hair. Now, my hair has grown significantly and I can’t wait to let flow over the summer. I’m just in awe. Did Someone Say
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Depression sucks. It really does especially in college. Out of all semesters here at NYU, my spring semester has left me feeling the most shitty. With loads of assignments, loads of rejections and not hearing back from these awful companies, and issues with the people around me, it’s hard to have this upbeat face. Soon,
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A few days ago, I did the impossible. I attended my first college party. My classmate had guts to invite a bunch of people including me. She told me no one ever goes to the events here and there is such a difficulty here to make friends. I couldn’t help but agree and I was
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My birthday recently past and I am the living definition of self-love. I recently turned 20 this week. Initially, I didn’t want to be reminded by my age. I hadn’t achieved my major milestone of having a boyfriend. Gross right? As I re-read The Awakening, I still search for my Robert. But in 2019, it
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Over a week ago I was invited to the HBO Inspiration Room via an old high school program I attended, Girls Write Now. I always moan every time I see an email about this program, but when I read that some of HBO show writers would be feature, I emailed my confirmation within 30 min.
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I have said it a million times that I go to NYU. However, I find myself having a love/hate relationship with it. Thinking about it, this list may have more “hate” than “love”, but the I’d say the “love” can really make a difference. NYU: The Good My freeride– I am here on a scholarship
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